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Thanks for the suggestion. However, I took a closer look at the avidgamers site, and set up our forum there. It isn't too bad i guess, it forces you to pay if you want to customize the look very much, and you also have to pay to have any ftp. But that's ok, we can deal with a simple forum for contact. It is more than enough.

If you have any good suggestions for good ftp sites that we could link to through our forum though, that would be great.

Thanks for the help guys,
Jimbo

No, I mean I can not find a webhost that supports forums. We do not even have the forums yet. We have access to SMF but have no webhost to install it on.

Finding a free WebHost is not hard. Finding a free WebHost with support for a private forum (for a Mod Team) is VERY hard. We can find free webhosts and free forum software, but none that support eachother.

PLEASE HELP!

Thanks

Does anyone know of a good free forum software you can install on a webhost that supports PHP and MySQL?

well they could atleast use sprites like they did in HL1. Why did they have to change it? I found out that they use VGUI2 for it, but i am unable to use their "in game editor" to modify the HUD.

Edit: Ok, I had a day to blow off some steam. Now has anyone come across a program that lets you modify the HUD similar to the way it could be modified in HL1? Even if it is not similar, anything would help. I just have no clue how to "code in" images or sprites onto the HUD (or even how to remove the ones already there for that matter). So again, any help would be great. Thanks

Matter of fact.... If valve is going to be so high and mighty about how "MODable" their game is, why don't (or didn't) they release something for this purpose? I mean come on, the HUD is definetly one of the main things people will want to mod, so why make it so everyone has to hard-code the changes in?

and all i can find are tuts on how to insert messages, I want to COMPLETELY redo the whole HUD. That means sprites and all.

so you are telling me that there is no program that helps make it easier?

So, I'm guessing that it is not just coincidence that there is absolutely NOTHING on the net about creating an entirely new HUD for HL2 mods. I have been searching for not only hours, but days and can only find the same stupid answer: "To change the colors or fonts do this: ".

That is NOT an answer, and I am guessing that they do not use sprites for the HUD in HL2 (since there is nothing said about it anywhere). I am of course a noob at modding though, so I am guessing that you guys would have a more educated answer as to why I can not find any tutorials or programs for making your own HUDs.

So first, CAN you?
and if so.... HOW?!?!? (other than just hard coding it in)